Short-term outcomes in the upper airway with tooth-bone-borne vs bone-borne rapid maxillary expanders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study compared the area and minimal section of the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx in cases treated with different methods of microimplant-assisted expansion.

Methods

Based on a pilot study to calculate the sample size, 30 patients with transverse maxillary deficiency over 14 years of age were retrospectively selected. These patients had received two different types of microimplant-assisted maxillary expansion treatment (MARPE and BAME). The patient underwent Cone-Beam computed tomography (CBCT) before and after treatment (mean time 1.5 months) with MARPE or BAME and upper airway measurements (volume and minimum cross-sectional area) were taken to assess upper airways changes and compare changes between the groups. A paired sample t-tes

SUBMITTER: Echarri-Nicolas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10552363 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature